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David McCloskey

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The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

On Monday morning, Chambers, Mendez, Seidel, they walked the ad down to the Hollywood Reporter and Variety to place it.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

It's going to run on Wednesday, the 16th of January.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

The text inside the ad says,

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

List the director, who's one of the personas, alias personas of the six.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

A producer, same thing.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

And a screenwriter, credited as Teresa Harris, who in fact is Cora Liak, who is one of the house guests in Tehran.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

The phones, this is crazy.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

The phones at Studio 6 start ringing immediately because real Hollywood agents and screenwriters- See the ad.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

How do we get involved?

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Interestingly, after the operation is over and the office has been shut down, 26 unsolicited screenplays will have arrived in the mail at the Studio 6 address.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

I feel really sorry for those people who had sent their screenplay thinking that they might have a chance.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

But of course, you need so much more.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

You've got the cover.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

You've got the backstopping in Hollywood.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

But this is the kind of non-sexy part of this, I suppose.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

You need a lot of documents.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Yeah.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

Not just the passports.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

that you have from the Canadians.

The Rest Is Classified
161. Argo: Six Fugitives in Revolutionary Tehran (Ep 2)

You need a load of documents.